Improvement in wagon end-gates



WARREN TLTHOMAS, or viooDHUL L, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF His RIGHT To GEORGE W .`MILLER, on SAME PLACE.

b IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON END-GATES.

specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174.391, dated March '1,A 1876; application inea i i February 1, 1876.

1 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN H. THOMAS,

fof Woodhnllfin the county ot' Henry and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inA Fastenings for the End-Gates of Wagons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,` and exact description thereof', and such as willenable others skilled in the art to which ittper- Ftains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, maklng a part of this specification, and in whichwith a catch or projection for engaging with a slotted plate in the wagon-box bottoni, all as hereinafter fully described;

Referring to the parts by letters, letter A represents the sides, and B the bottom, of an ordinary Wagon-box. C is the end-gate, se-

' cured from splitting by the ordinary stay-bars D. E isvthe end-gate rod, passing through holes in the side-boards, and also throughthe bars kD, and serving as a journal, on which the end-gate may be swung outward, as shown by dotted lines at Fig. 2.V G is a plate secured to the bottomv B, and has a slot, g, covering or coinciding with a hole, g', in the bottom B,

except at one end, where the hole g extends under the plate G, for purposes hereinafter referred to. H is a cam, provided with a handle, h, by which it may be operated, and is so pivoted to the end -gate C that when it is turned down, as shown at Fig. 3, it will enter the notched or slotted plate G and retain the endfgate inplace, and when it is turned up, as shown at Fig. 1, it will allow the end-gate to be swung open. t

The cani-latch H has a projection, h', on one side, which rests beneath the end of the slot g, when the cam is turned down, as shown at Fig. 3, and thus prevents the handle h from resting on the bottom B, and springing upward to release the cam, from jolting of the wagon or other causes.

As already described,` the cam is turned up- Ward to release, and downward to secure, the end-gate. i

I claim- 4 The wagon-bottom B, havingthe hole g',

partially covered by the slotted plate G, and

arranged to operate in combi'nation'with the 'Y cam H, having projection h', and the hinged A end-gate C, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have hereunto affixedl my signature this 29th day of December, 1875.

' WARREN H. THOMAS.

Witnesses:

W. B. RICHARDS, G. D. CoLToN.

PATENT OFFICE. 

